She carried her clothes and walked towards the bookstore on Jiangbin Road.
The pace increases and the amount of money continues to increase.
At this moment, most of the shops on the street were open. When she passed by the busy Gulou Street, she saw someone selling slippers on the roadside and bought two pairs of slippers, one red and one khaki. The red one was size 37 and the khaki one was size 41.
The shoes were made of the kind of soft tire rubber material that didn't hurt the feet. Seeing the shoe seller twisting the shoes around, the quality was very good. Of course, they were also quite expensive, a pair of sandals costing over 80 yuan. Su Xiaoqi talked about the price and bought two pairs, which was just a deduction for 160 yuan.
Then she asked the boss to give her a pair of scissors, cut off the tags on her shoes and the clothes she had just bought, put them together in a plastic bag, and then went to the bookstore to wait.
Because they didn't have a cell phone, she was worried that if she went in to read, her father wouldn't be able to find her when he came, so she took out the second volume of New Concept English on the steps at the door.
I finished memorizing the first volume yesterday. The first volume is at the junior high school level, just the basics for beginners. It’s very simple and I’ve almost mastered it.
The second volume was for advanced levels. She held the book in her arms and sat at the door, reading quietly.
There were not many people going to the bookstore in the morning, so no one disturbed her while she sat there.
But it’s not easy to read it out loud, you can only read it silently.
But the effect was unexpectedly good. She seemed to remember it just by reading it once and reciting it silently. In order to consolidate this feeling, she would read five articles and then go back to recall the first one.
"If the host concentrates on reading for one hour without any external distractions, he will be rewarded with a ten-day English sense buff. Within ten days, the host's reading will become more fluent."
When this voice sounded, Su Xiaoqi was shocked to realize that an hour had passed. She went to buy clothes and shoes and read books for another hour, but her father had not come yet. She thought nothing had happened.
She was a little worried and wanted to go and see, but she was also worried that her father would come and look for her and distract her.
It would be nice to have a cell phone at this time.
Thinking that her father would walk very slowly while carrying the winnowing basket, if he was delayed in selling the goods, only one or two hours would pass. After calculating the time, she decided to read for another half an hour. If her father still didn't come, she would go find him herself.
But when I hold the book again, I feel a little uneasy.
So I just read it out loud.
“Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man…”
In front of the steps, cars come and go and pedestrians hurry.
Su Xiaoqi didn't look around and continued reading. He didn't notice anyone passing by and paused for a moment before continuing to move forward.
"Wow, that girl reads English so well. If it weren't for her face, I would have thought she was a foreigner."
"Yeah, it sounds better than the tape I bought for my son. It sounds like normal speech. I wish my son could be that good."
Maybe it was because of the memory buff, she was much more efficient when reading than before.
In addition, after experiencing the college entrance examination, Xiaoqi, a girl who was somewhat inferior and proud, suddenly woke up from her muddle-headed vanity and ambiguous love. She was not qualified to be vain, nor was she qualified to be ambiguous with others.
In her best years, she was poor and had nothing but her youth.
She should work harder than others to deserve everything she has now.
She read aloud, and without even noticing it, her voice was much louder than usual, and the sunlight moved from her toes to her legs.
She turned another page of the book on her lap and tucked the loose hair on her forehead behind her ears.
When I looked up, I saw my father appearing across the street.
Dad walked a little fast, but because of his limp, he looked a little funny.
Su Xiaoqi stood up and waved to her father.
"Dad, I'm here."
At this moment, the passers-by who had just paused to listen to her reading looked at the girl in surprise and waved their hands with smiles on their faces, thinking that such a girl must be born in a good family. However, the person she was waving to was a man who looked like an old farmer, wearing an old man's shirt with yellowed and curled edges, rolled up trouser legs, and a pair of Liberation shoes on his feet. He was also lame and limped.
Su Xiaoqi didn't care about other people's eyes.
Looking at my father who was waiting for traffic to cross, I felt so happy that I couldn't wait to give him the clothes and shoes.
Father Su walked over, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile, "You must be getting impatient."
"No, I was just reading a book, halfway through, when you, Dad, came." Su Xiaoqi smiled.
"Dad, let's go eat. I know a restaurant that's cheap and delicious."
She knew that a normal father would not be willing to spend money on eating out, so she went back to catch the bus home, so she took her father's hand and acted coquettishly.
"No, after dinner, I can't make it back in time to catch the bus." Dad Su really refused.
He sat down on the steps at the entrance of the bookstore, took out a box from his handbag and handed it to his daughter.
"I bought you a cell phone. Your mom and I are worried about you being away. If you have any questions, just call Grandma Liu next door. We'll call you if we have any questions, too."
Su Xiaoqi was stunned.
I saw that my father’s hand was covered with scars when he handed me the phone.
Tears instantly filled my eyes.
"Hold it, why are you daydreaming? The price of Dad's winnowing baskets has increased. The boss said that I make them well, so the price of a pair has increased to thirty yuan, which is higher than others." Dad Su was very happy when he said this. The winnowing baskets made by other people in the village could only be sold for about twenty-four yuan a pair, but the ones he made were sturdy and beautiful, and the rough edges on the winnowing baskets were smoothed with sandpaper, so they sold better than others.
"Well, I'm just happy." Su Xiaoqi choked a little.
A pair of winnowing baskets sells for thirty yuan. My father carried a load of winnowing baskets today, which is thirty pairs. It was so heavy that he bent over. Not counting the transportation fee and labor fee, the total cost was 900 yuan.
This phone costs at least seven or eight hundred yuan.
"I heard that you need to buy that card to use it. Dad will accompany you to buy the card and then go back. The bus can't wait for anyone." Father Su looked at his daughter in a daze and touched her head.
There was a card vendor near the bookstore. Dad Su bought the card, paid for it, and added 50 yuan to his phone bill. He asked his daughter to write down her phone number for him. He solemnly folded up the paper with the number on it and put it in his pocket.
"Go back and tell your mother the number. Your mother will definitely be happy. She might even go to your Grandma Liu's house to call you. So listen carefully." Dad Su said happily.
After buying the card, he went to take the bus. Normally, he would walk back, but he was delayed today because he was buying a mobile phone.
Just before getting on the car, Xiaoqi remembered to give his clothes to his father.
When Su's father saw the things, he said, "You kid, are you stupid to use the money I gave you to buy this? Your mother and I have everything."
"It's in the wholesale market underground by the river. It's very cheap and I still have money." Su Xiaoqi said.
Despite this, my father still gave me twenty yuan.
She saw that her father's pockets were empty.
The bus left.
Although Mr. Su was only middle-aged, he looked like an elderly person and was given a seat.
He was very happy. He sat in his seat, stuck his head out and waved goodbye to his daughter with a smile on his face.
Su Xiaoqi held her cell phone and watched the bus go away.
Tears streamed down his face.
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